Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 17, 2026 Gametracker

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Beck Way	Back	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	09-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 24
Michael Burrows	Elbow	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brice Matthews	Knee	09-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 12

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	112	438	71	126	48	16	51	86	.288	.362	.461	.823	26	1	34	6	393
J. Caglianone RF	121	434	59	120	60	22	29	122	.276	.328	.491	.819	23	2	6	2	315
C. Jensen C	121	424	57	93	57	17	50	139	.219	.301	.403	.704	25	1	1	1	268
S. Perez DH	121	464	44	102	57	17	19	97	.220	.265	.373	.638	18	1	0	0	256
M. Massey 2B	109	338	46	93	43	11	18	62	.275	.307	.444	.751	22	1	2	0	230
I. Collins LF	117	365	41	83	38	6	50	94	.227	.328	.348	.676	20	3	6	5	222
V. Pasquantino 1B	85	315	39	77	37	8	39	60	.244	.328	.378	.706	14	2	4	0	214
N. Loftin 3B	92	278	33	64	36	5	35	51	.230	.325	.371	.696	20	2	2	1	190
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	72	212	23	50	20	6	12	52	.236	.284	.368	.652	8	1	5	0	120
T. Tolbert SS	60	102	25	30	8	3	11	21	.294	.360	.431	.791	5	0	18	3	110
J. Rave RF	27	62	10	12	5	2	5	16	.194	.254	.403	.657	5	1	2	0	41
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	9	25	2	5	5	1	1	10	.200	.231	.360	.591	1	0	0	0	12
Total	131	4380	549	1074	523	134	406	1026	.245	.313	.398	.711	233	18	99	28	2622

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	26	26	7-8	0	0	162.2	3.49	141	67	63	22	42	126	.233	1.13	359
N. Cameron SP	25	24	8-8	0	0	143.1	4.02	128	69	64	14	46	128	.236	1.21	293
S. Lugo SP	26	26	5-7	0	0	145.1	4.71	155	84	76	16	46	111	.278	1.38	249
D. Lynch IV RP	49	3	4-4	1	3	54.0	2.83	39	21	17	4	16	41	.196	1.02	123
S. Cruz RP	46	2	2-3	5	6	48.2	4.25	41	24	23	12	18	52	.227	1.21	122
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
A. Lange RP	49	0	2-7	10	13	50.2	5.86	49	35	33	6	26	53	.254	1.48	114
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	110
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
R. Dobnak SP	9	7	2-1	0	0	45.2	1.58	44	8	8	2	20	29	.254	1.40	91
N. Pearson RP	12	0	1-1	2	3	11.2	0.77	5	1	1	0	5	10	.128	0.86	88
C. Kimbrel RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.071	0.56	70
J. Schreiber RP	52	0	0-3	1	4	46.2	3.86	41	23	20	7	22	34	.243	1.35	65
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	36
M. Black RP	15	0	0-0	0	0	28.2	3.77	27	12	12	5	19	19	.250	1.60	35
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
J. Cuas RP	11	0	0-0	0	0	12.0	1.50	12	2	2	0	6	13	.261	1.50	22
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Thomas RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	3	.222	0.75	-5
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	131	131	57-74	33	56	1151.1	4.71	1130	644	603	162	485	957	.257	1.40	2228

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	128	461	85	147	90	36	88	96	.319	.433	.614	1.047	28	0	1	0	508
I. Paredes 3B	123	450	49	117	68	16	50	70	.260	.353	.422	.775	23	1	0	0	339
C. Walker 1B	125	458	62	107	72	23	43	121	.234	.311	.441	.752	24	1	0	0	327
C. Smith RF	127	416	54	90	48	17	35	115	.216	.283	.389	.672	15	3	10	2	265
J. Pena SS	80	315	59	89	41	14	21	72	.283	.337	.467	.804	14	1	8	1	253
J. Altuve 2B	104	400	56	98	37	13	35	90	.245	.308	.393	.701	16	2	4	3	247
D. Varsho CF	16	56	4	8	3	1	6	15	.143	.226	.232	.458	2	0	1	0	230
Y. Diaz C	69	244	25	62	29	8	9	41	.254	.281	.393	.674	10	0	0	2	137
C. Vazquez C	75	214	21	47	25	7	17	45	.220	.276	.350	.626	7	0	1	0	117
T. Trammell LF	72	186	26	39	20	7	19	68	.210	.297	.376	.673	6	2	3	3	108
B. Matthews LF	82	208	23	41	22	7	15	71	.197	.250	.332	.582	5	1	4	4	97
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
N. Allen SS	72	120	21	31	13	2	8	27	.258	.303	.342	.645	4	0	2	0	74
J. Meyers CF	54	141	15	30	11	3	10	31	.213	.268	.326	.594	7	0	1	2	67
L. Wade Jr. LF	36	90	13	20	15	2	17	25	.222	.346	.344	.690	5	0	0	0	63
J. Loperfido LF	39	102	13	22	12	1	14	31	.216	.314	.333	.647	7	1	1	1	59
B. Shewmake 3B	30	78	10	20	9	3	2	13	.256	.272	.423	.695	4	0	0	0	54
D. Harris LF	11	31	4	7	4	0	2	6	.226	.286	.290	.576	0	1	2	0	35
Z. Dezenzo LF	35	75	11	16	3	1	7	31	.213	.280	.307	.587	4	0	1	0	30
Z. Cole LF	19	51	4	8	8	3	1	21	.157	.189	.353	.542	1	0	0	0	21
R. Delgado 2B	19	37	4	9	4	1	3	7	.243	.300	.351	.651	1	0	0	0	20
L. Spence CF	14	37	4	6	3	0	3	15	.162	.244	.189	.433	1	0	0	1	9
C. Salazar C	9	18	0	1	1	0	3	3	.056	.227	.056	.283	0	0	0	0	4
C. Price C	7	12	1	2	0	0	1	6	.167	.231	.250	.481	1	0	0	0	2
Total	130	4367	590	1058	561	171	430	1062	.242	.317	.410	.727	193	13	40	19	3162

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	22	22	8-7	0	0	122.1	3.68	99	51	50	12	48	120	.218	1.20	266
J. Hader RP	32	0	4-1	18	18	31.0	0.87	13	3	3	1	11	41	.123	0.77	235
S. Okert RP	63	1	6-1	0	1	63.2	1.98	40	15	14	6	13	64	.181	0.83	189
A. Blubaugh RP	49	0	4-2	1	1	79.1	3.29	60	31	29	10	33	81	.211	1.17	179
H. Brown SP	14	14	3-3	0	0	74.1	3.51	56	31	29	10	43	76	.210	1.33	150
E. De Los Santos RP	56	0	2-3	5	7	59.2	4.07	55	31	27	7	13	53	.241	1.14	144
B. Abreu RP	51	0	4-3	7	8	48.2	4.07	33	24	22	7	36	63	.194	1.42	144
T. Imai SP	18	15	6-4	0	0	67.2	5.32	55	40	40	9	44	83	.220	1.46	138
K. Teng RP	25	10	5-6	0	0	68.1	4.35	62	37	33	10	30	67	.238	1.35	113
B. King RP	51	1	2-3	6	10	53.0	4.75	57	30	28	8	19	44	.271	1.43	112
M. Burrows SP	18	17	4-9	0	0	94.2	5.99	112	69	63	21	35	75	.292	1.55	102
H. Wesneski SP	5	5	3-1	0	0	27.2	4.23	24	13	13	2	10	22	.240	1.23	68
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	67
L. Wade Jr. LF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	3	2	2	1	0	0	.500	3.00	63
A. Santa RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	15.1	1.17	8	6	2	1	6	9	.160	0.91	29
C. Bolton RP	8	3	0-1	1	1	20.0	5.40	21	12	12	3	14	22	.269	1.75	25
C. Javier SP	11	7	1-4	0	0	36.1	6.44	44	26	26	7	17	30	.299	1.68	25
L. VanWey RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	5	2	1	0	0	5	.250	0.83	21
B. Sousa RP	20	0	1-2	0	1	16.2	4.86	19	11	9	2	9	20	.288	1.68	20
R. Blanco SP	5	4	0-1	0	0	23.1	7.71	22	20	20	7	12	20	.253	1.46	20
J. Alexander SP	4	2	1-1	0	0	18.1	9.33	21	19	19	4	8	14	.280	1.58	18
M. Ullola RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	4	3	3	2	1	9	.182	0.83	14
E. Pecko SP	1	1	0-0	0	0	3.2	4.91	3	2	2	0	3	4	.214	1.64	4
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
Total	130	130	65-65	39	48	1154.1	4.62	1037	633	592	171	537	1133	.239	1.36	2145

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